As parents, we teach little children how to do simplest of things. This includes how to move and how to control movements for precision and safety.

Basic body movement also means limiting movement to essential movement for what you want to do. We control desired movement. And, we prevent unwanted movement. We learn to keep our movements just firm enough to be coordinated. We also learn to allow just enough relaxation so movements can flow through their proper range with most comfort.

For many golfers, if you think about your hands doing something or even have much of your focus on your hands then, usually, you will do something incorrect with your hands.

Basic body movement, under control, is to be your main focus. When you become good at this part of your golf swing then can you try advanced hand movements. But, any of these hand movements should only be done in harmony with dominant body and upper arm movements.

Even your arm movements need more focus in early learning stages than any perceived hand movements. And, these arm movements should focus on movements generated in upper arms which are as close to your body as possible.

A Special Lesson With A Good Golfer

A few years ago I did 2 golf lessons with a man who stood a little over 6 feet tall. He was having trouble spraying his hits with his mid-irons to his woods. I asked him to hit a ball with a wedge. He chose his 64 degree lob wedge and promptly hit a high, 95 yard hit.

What was he doing wanting a lesson from anyone? Answer: He had one wrong move that he wasn't aware he was doing.

I used my interpretation of Fred Couples' looping swing to guide him to correct arm movement. When he tried my idea of Fred's swing Andy hit ball higher and 15 yards farther.

He did not want to develop that move but he understood how to correct his error with proper movement. He hit a lot of good golf balls afterwards and knew why he did so.

Andy's other problem involved chipping. He had a good hand movement in his chipping effort. He had no idea how to use that good movement with movements of his body. As well, he had no idea of importance of his body activity during his chipping.

A few minutes into 2nd lesson he had learned how to time his hand movements with his body movements. He also learned where his hands should be in relation to his spine as he did hand movements that he wanted.

You try your skills at golf and some (or all) of following results occur: * You miss ball * You miss it again and again and... * You hit top of ball * You correct this mistake and you hit ground behind ball * You see people hitting ball in air but your hits cause ball to bounce along ground * Whoops! Where did that big curve in flight of ball come from? * The more you try more you find yourself creating other poor results * You finally get a nice hit but you have no idea what you did to get good result * You look around and some of your friends and relatives are having same problems as you * Grrrr! Why can't I hit ball like those people on T.V.?

This is second article in a series of articles which will lead you to a simple method of putting, chipping, pitching, and full swing skills.

The slice, duck hook, complete miss, topping ball, hitting fat (hit ground behind ball), and most of other undesirable results you have experienced or witnessed in other golfers are caused by ONE incorrect thought.

Replace this thought and you will have much more success with putting, chipping, pitching, and full swing.

However, this thought is buried deep in your subconscious mind. It is very **logical** to our way of thinking.

To change your approach to your golf swing AND your putting you will have to accept an illogical thought. But, when you make change you will begin executing some of easiest swings of golf club you have ever made (and know why this happens.)

Five amazing results in ball flight will occur once you overcome this wrong thought in favor of executing unusual, **illogical** movements.

1. You will finally learn to make a divot like Pros. 2. You will lift ball in air. 3. You will hit ball straight. 4. You will hit ball farther. 5. You will get a lot more backspin on your ball.

This "wrong" thought causes movements of various parts of your body in ways which ruin an easy golf swing. These incorrect movements are visible in your hands, forearms, arms, body, hips, and legs.

This thought triggers incorrect movements at various stages of your swing sequence. Wrong body movements can begin as soon as you start taking club away from ball until after ball has been hit.

But, if ball is gone how can a wrong move affect result. Simply put, muscles which produce wrong movement after ball has been hit have begun to "gather" or bunch-up before club reaches ball. This initial bunching of muscles interferes with your intended swing movements. You, or your golf partners, are not aware that this has happened.

Most of my teaching lessons are geared to helping you change from wrong, logical thought to correct, but illogical thought. My lessons will teach you movements which respond to correct thought. My lessons will give you a process for playing all golf shots with this correct thought in mind.

Since this wrong thought is logical it is buried in your subconscious. The various views at golf courses, as you try to hit ball, cause this thought to be more involved in your swing movements.

To toss out this thought from your mind and replace it with correct thought cannot be done by simply being aware of correct way of thinking. Even though I am aware of this error scenery of golf course or desire to make a precise hit will cause this wrong thought to reappear to influence my golf swing. I believe it can even affect best golfers in world due to pressures they face in golf tournaments.